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DEATHS.
F. W. Realls Succumbs to Heart
Trouble Mrs. Jonkins Dead.
Yesteiday morning at 10 o'clock
Fietletlck W Itealls illcil at his home
on Cottage utieet Heait tumble was
the cause of his death. 11 was bom
In Onomlaso county In 1SG3, but hit
lesttlPtl heie tor the pant clRht yea
IK" !s siuvlved by a mother, father and
biother who have the nympatln of
many of deceased's fi lends Mr. Itealls
w is a member of the Patriotic Older
Sons of Ameilea and the Junior Older
1'nlted Ameiican Mechanics, which or
ganizations -vv ill attend the f uncial
Thursday tnoiniiiK at !i ") at the resi
dence Hew ("hollos l.ee will nlll' lut.
InUnuent will he made at Kosviit,'.
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MISS. JIJ.S'KIVS.
The wife ,r He. Vt U Jenl:li. of
th I'nlununlc Picsbyteil.m chute It,
died at Ui. AVhcelet't. Piivate hospital
in this lt yesterday moinin at '0
o eloi U She had ben ill one week
Sundn mi eploiatoiy Incision was
Hindi In the sunneois who found .1
tanieiims ).'iowth had eomplt 1
clus-il the plmiis N'othlns fuithei
aild be done and thr husband was
Informed that Mis JetikliiH iould last
oiiK a few di ys at the most She was
a ddUEhtet ol the late .'ohn 1 Shei
wood of Wayne county, vvheie -lie w.ih
bom fort.-foiii yeais ao. In addition
to lici hush ind, she Is simhetl bj a
daiiRhter of 11. nnt! yon of lii, two sif
ters and a bi other TliN inoniliiK th
nmilin will b" taken to I'nliuidaie tut
bulla!
FRATERNAL SOCIETIES.
The newlv cle( ted olllieis if t'ltl
bondalt lodt'e, Xo IM'i. Plee ttlld c
.tilled Masons, will be Inftalli d this
tcenlni; aflel which the f(il!o, insr
proKinmme will he can led oat at a
banouct In tlic ai'i'im Toastmuster.
rr V W. Plptchtr. "(. lability In
the Loilije Hooin," .1 I' A Tlneley:
Out YouiiRei Meniheis." Dr. V. I,
l.tkii The Uir intention of "l.'i.' H
B Wllbui. ' Otu Oldei Meiubei -."
It Bakct 'Tho Fiftieth mileisaiy,"
G M i'atteison ub, V. U. i:ans
' the i'all In tile Leadei bulldim; the
I'atllotlc Order Sons of Ameilci cled
i il the following oflheis Monday o en
Ins Piosldent A W waidiui, lea
picslihnt. Hoheit Campbell mastei or
forms. J U. BiK.ut. conductor Finn''
States insldo kiiukIIuii, Kdv.avd Hpan
KnhurK; outside Riiaidlan. IMuaul l'
Plair tieasuier. Paul 13 llm ton
llnai clal fccdctni), I II. CoUlu. ie
folding secietun. V II Smith, tiustee,
Samuel (S. Btirmud
The Yoiins; MenV lnstllulo tiou the
folbiwlnff ulllius at their idettlun
President, John P Collins Hist Ice
picMdent John J Tairill sefond vke
pirsldent. Prank I Flunneliy iccord
Ins secretaij Thomas v. .N'ortn;
Noioonejrln advance. Wpk,
nuntf d, iiliniukco oud feeblo
Iiortium u tbo body quicklr
ctiUrRed and HrengtlitncJ.
JIllcliie ami inktniracnt
teuv nn ttial. Medical In.
ilo.-Kuneuta. l-artlnilars teat
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respondeat: confidential.
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financial secretary, Peter A. Coleman,
tteabtnei, Anthonj V. Padden, sen
tinel. Martin lleale tii'-'tces. P. F.
TiBhe, P McDonotiKh, Thomas Tox.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Mis. O. A. Slt'gei is ill at her home
on Salem avenue
Mis. J. V. Aitken Is euteitalnlncr her
f-lstei. Miss Catheilne Aitken, of Mont
tose. The Chilstlan Mlssionaiy nlliamo
will hold Its legulai meeting this pr
teiuoon and evenlns at Xo 41 Spring
stied. Hev William T. MjeAithur
will have chaise ot tlic senlces which
will begin at half-past two.
Dputy G A' Hughes paid offlci.il
visits to the Green Hidge and Hyde
Paik eneampmontb, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, last eenlng.
'A. Curtis, of T.ake Ariel, spent ves
teiday with friends In this city.
Announcement lias been .mule of the
coming marriage of Hairy Stringer, of
this cltv, and Miss Xellle Mellale. ol
Kc I anion. The wedding will take pla( e
on Tliui sday. In St. Patiick's church.
West cianton. TIipv ill lei-tde in
Caihondale.
The Knights or Columbus will hold a
tegular meeting this evening and In
itiate seeral ctndldates to member
ship. Mollis S Si hlesslntroe irnnw.i! mm.
ager of l.ubln's leproductlon of the
iiuiih talked about and widely -idvu-tNed
Passion Play" Is in the cln to
aunouiKt) the coming of that iuteiest
lug and Intellectual ihom ntatlon
whldi will be the- attiadlou at the
opeia house on cinlstmas ntteiuoon
and night
Ptius in the chest whei a perhon
has a (Old indicate u tenth m tm.nni
pneumonia. K piece of mnel damp
ened by Chambei Iain's Pain mini and
bound on to the cheat oer the seat
of the pain will piomptl) ielle th"
piln and pievent the threatened at
tack ot puei'inonia This sume tieat
nienl will due a lame baek in a few
houis. Sold h all dmijglsis Mut
thews Hi os., wholesale and iitnll
atrents
PECKVILXE.
Mi. and Mis. U. Squires weie
Sciauton vlsitots e.steidaj.
'ouiicil met In spedul session Mon
day evening. .Messts. Hloes, Janus.
Heese and Tuyloi weie absent Sev
eial bills were oldeied to be p.il.l
Count II voted to accept the uiruuc
light plant und adjuiiiued.
Mi. und Mis jeoigt- Bonuell, of
lielatt. passed the Sabbath with Mi.
and Mis. William Vandervoit.
Hva. the little daughter of Mi. and
Mrs t'hailes Pag(, Is ijulte ill
Hev II T. Allen, a former pastor of
the Baptist diuidi of this plate, has
ai opted a call at Sahlusville, Pa. Mi
Allen on account of 111 hialth was
obliged to give up his pastowite heie,
and until icuently lias been ie!dliiK ut
Wallsv die.
Tlit Pi esh lei luii diuic.li choir win
give a sac ied conceit Sunday evening
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HONESDALE.
MIps hou Durland nud Miss Hehecca
Thompson ate home fiom school fop
the Chrlatman vacation.
Company I, Klpvptith loelintnit, will
hold their flint ball In the. armoiv,
Ftlchty evening, Dec. 30.
A fine specimen of the black bear,
weighing 3"C pounds, biought from the
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Pike county woods, is on exhibition at
Dean's meat maiket
He. J. H VVhalen. of Mttawcn, X
J., has accepted n call to the Bom s.
dale Baptist diuicli and will entci up
on his duties as pastor Jan. 1
Hev. J H Bone, of the Methodist
(lun cli. was taken 111 in the pulpit on
Sunday mot plug and was obliged to
dismiss his congregation.
The Sunday M-honl of Giace 'Hpls
copal chuich will unite with the ion
giegation next Sunday evening in their
Chilstmas eticlses
The musical oiganlzatlons ate In
creaslnt; in Honesdale The latest ad
ditions uie an orcl'estta of seventeen
pieces and u hi ass band abiut the
same size.
Fi eeman's oldie-Urn will hold a so
cial in Ilaitung's hall this evening
Mis. H. M Bin in will spend Clulst
mas week In White Mills.
PITTSTON NEWS
A Veiy Shady Ball -A Change of
Officials Joe Pepper's Tioubles.
Local News of Yesteiday.
loseph Peppci, who was nibbed of
$4S", which lie had In a tiunk In the
it ar of his saloon, and whidi was tal
lied out ot the building liom tin leap
on last Sunda nioining, vas sup
pilsed vestciday ii.oinlng. when a ( on
stahle tame up from W Ilkts-Baue with
a wan ant uddie.sed to him and swoiti
out by the Stemuler Ihcwlng coui
pan. li sems that the bieweiv lit lit
liad loaned Joe. on Satuido. $ini),
vhlch tepiesent'd ( hiinsje lot p.odav,
and as tills .was the money that hail
been stolen the tliui was del nulinM
to hold the pilsonet until such time as
the money was lefnnded. He Viith
the otllcer. made a toiu amongst the
funnel's tileiids and lri-t night lie was
in a fail way of being siucessiui.
Kdwanl M(Xult.v of Oiepon, and
the oldest living dtUen In this vli In
ity, is I.vlng seilouslv ill at his home,
suft'eilng tnnn a p.uulvtle stioke Mr.
MeNulty I- 'j7 ve.us of age and Is
known bv eveiy man, woman and child
In the dtv.
The Foid Diamatlc ( onipanj me
tlllliiB an engagement at Music hall
dining the piesent week.
Genetal Managei tl'oige B. Smith.
t S Foner and Siipeilntendent lt
ander Bryden the lattei who has Just
lecoveied trom Ills iujiiiles recelvd at
No -i shaft, weie In the dtv M'imIuv
and tllieitetl the woik of hiving pipes
floiu the tlvei to the shaft, for the
hii pose of flooding the mine
A new week I v papei will shoitlv
make Its appenuun e In this i liy and
(' C King will he the iublsni
The Hllte Social club held 'i well
attended occasional hop at Keystone
hall, and with excellent music the pai
tlclpants had a delightful time
The adjoin ncd lli'iuest In the case of
Anthony Bionika, who was killed by
an explosion In the Schooling huft
seveial weeks ugo vlll he held to
moiiow' afteinoon at tin olllco of AI
d( rman Hvens, when the testtnionv of
James roultet. who was badly Injured
In the same accident, will be he ml.
The Kxcelslor Gleo dub will give ,
coucott this evening in Arnunv hull
The Plttstoii township school boaid
held a meeting last evening, and It li
slncetely hoped that this liodv is
tluougli with litigation In the toiiitn.
They certainly were scored by Judge
l.ynth, and It should be a lesion for
them. But will it? we shall see.
The o.celleiit manner In which th
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schools of this city aie conducfd te
llects much ctedit upon tht excellent
maiiagcinent and wide epeileiue ot
1'iofessoi Shiel, the Mipeilntendent
The Meiiymental Social dub will
hold their annual ball on Fiitlnv even
ing In the aunory, and the Plitt or-di'-stra
and Leek Comet hand will
furnish the music
Captain Clatence Dentler ind family
left vestciday foi Porto Hlco, wheie
tile fotmel' will ussunie chaige of his
company.
Piothonotary-elect L. P. llolcomh
has Jut apiiolntcu W. .1. Pauv, of
l-iiyemo as his deputy, and two of his
deiks will be Geoige llenlleld and II. J.
MacKln. Tlieie aie seveial appoint
ments yet to be made
We ,ue sou.v to announce that Mts.
J. McDoiignll, of River avenue, Is ser
iously ill.
The -Pennsylvania Coal company
made seveial piomotlons yesteiday as
follows1 James Y. Brvdeii, who was a
division supeilntendeitt, has been ad
vanced to chlet engineer, made vacant
by the death of Andrew Allen, mil John
Jopllng. who was tot e-mail ut Xo.
shaft, is now ml valued o the position
just vaiated by Mi. Bijden They aie
bull epeiUncitl men, and will 1111
theli new positions with ability and
lntu;ilt.
The JJlectilc Light conipanv has an
nounced a leductlon in pii'es to take
( fleet on Jan 1.
The seveial Sunday schools aie mak
imr gie.it piepaiatlons loi an Inteiest
ing time In houoi of Chilstmas, for
theli scholaisi on Monday evening.
Fi.mk Pi iindage, of Sci anion s the
iuddatigahle day deik at I lie Uaglo
hotd.
DALTON.
Xeaily eveiyone Is looking forwatd i
to liiihtmas dav. s,IIIUl. U t liin plm e
will enjoj It b glv ing piex-nts to thdr
fl lends and l (datives, while otheis, sad
it Is to s,tv, 111 nut have so much of
the blessing and huppfness of a meiiy
I'hilslmas. 1 et us not look to out own
household, but may we also try to
make thai home hupp wheie the llie
slile dues not built as blight, and they
do not hive us mui h of llte's blis-lng
What (an we do at P.. Hon? Theie
aie some laiiiilles ot this place thai
aie in want
Miss Maty Wells, of Siiantoli, Fpent
Sunday at this pl.it e.
Or J. i' Piice has bet ii in foi a t-w
davs but is now able to he about
at,alu.
Mis J 15. Paikton wits at Padoivft
vllle Sunday
An acddeiit octinidl at this place
last Satuidav which might have to
suited 111 something seilous. Willie
testjng the folic ot the water supply
tlnough the new lime of the llie nun
pau, Mr. J Mi nest Whltiu in was hit bv
the now.le of the hose. Tin foiie was
so gieut that he was ite.it ly ill owned
He was made uncoiiHdous before as
slsiance could be given him tter
watclital (aie at his home lie Is able
to be about again. I'm nest says fiom
the fiesh w Uei bath lie tecelvcd he
woull think that the water company
had supply and lone enough to put a
holi) tlnough a house.
Wo notice that some of our t itizens
are wise und some are otheiwhe. Homo
clean the lio off theli walks, and some
tin othuwtse. Somo will gt t pialse
from out boiough tiiuncll i") and some
will gel ntheiwibc.
Mlfcs Mary Gaidner Iibh lecoveied
fiom her slckiuss,
ClillstmaH oMiitisos will be huld at
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the Daltoti school next Friday after
noon, v. welcome Is extended to all.
Out new merchant, Mr Stelle, has a
line nssoitment of Chilstmas goods.
D. S. Stevens, ot Claik'b Gteen, was
at this plate Sunday.
Mis Hdlth Santee and Mls Hillls
vveio at Siranton Saturday.
Mis. Ch.ules Miller has been very
sick with la grippe.
Miss Blanche Sisoo left last Tuc-day
for Chicago where she expects to make
her home.
The Chilstmas sei dees will be held
at the Methodist chinch ntxt Satuiday
evening'. A good proguimme Is belnsr
prepaied.
Miss Sallle Welu. our popular post
mlstiess. spent Sunday at her home In
Waveilv, Pa.
Miss Mable Puidy, was at Scianton
one day last week.
Mr. It.v J. Phillips, of Fleetville, Pa.,
was heie Monday.
Hev. W. 11 Sowell, of Clatk's Gieeli.
was heie Monday looking after the In
terest of "Tlu Local Xes."
AVOCA.
The deatli of Miss CassR- Moian ot
cuiied on Monday evening ut the lant
lly icsldence In the Xoith 1-nd. Oe
ceiis(tl w.m 11 a,ii4 of nrre ami until
seized with a painful allllttluii of the
lungs, was lolnist and henlthj. Hoping
to ie cupel ulc. she went to Kansas hut
not being successful, letutnetl home
pelfectl leslgned to give up the wotltl
She possessed a beautiful t haiacter and
winning disposition, which eudeaied
hei to a lnige dule ot tilonds. Besides
hei miithi i the following bioth is and
"isn.i.s suivlve hei- John. Patiick.
Thomas and John .Mm an, Mrs. Michael
McDonald, Mis Thomas McDonald and
Mis A. .1. Thompson The funeial w 111
lake plate tomoiiow nioinlng'nt ;t ";o
ocloik liiteimeiu will he In St. Mai's
lenietei j
Thomas Kfllj, ot' West Avoia, was
Curved
Instuntly killed Mteidu altetnoon In
Law shaft of the Pennsjlvanla Coal
tonipan. He was employed u.i mlnei,
lint being in no lun i y to letuin home,
he lemalned to as-lst the labiuvis
While loaillng a nil, seveial tons or
loot- fell on blni. completely embedding
him lie was taken to his home, whee
u most pitiful sight was to be seen His
aged niuther and thiee smull childien
weie almost Mantle with gilef over the
loss they had sustained. His wife died
about two veins ago. Deceased was
about .11 years of age, and veiy thtlfty.
The funeial aiiiingenients havu not yet
been eompleti (I
Mis James Haitneit and son are
guestn of Mi and Mis. L. H. O'Bilen.
Miss Kiln An Govv tin has letutnel
home aftet seveial months' tesldence
in Xew Yoik city.
Pi Hate PatlUk Mi Keen Is home on
a slty-day tin lough
Mis. Anthony Hatly. of the Ninth
Hud, while on liui way to the Delawaie
and Hudson station on Monday morn
ing, fell on the sllppeiy pavement, sus
taining seveie Injuries about thu hip
and hack. " Dt Beige was summoned
and alleviated her sufieilugs.
On Monday afteinoon, while James
Clink was dilvliig a heavily loaded
wagon tow aid Mooslc, his hoise be
came unmanageable and plunged down
an embankment neai the nile and
Wyoming tracks. He huh t hi own fiom
the seat and the wagon passed ovei
him, Injuring him quite seilously about
the alidoiueii,
John MoKenzle is doing Jury duty
this week.
W. J. Dixon letuinod fiom the Ual-
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thnoie medical college last evening to
spend the holidays with his patents.
Thomas Borthwick has tetuined
home after a lew weeks' lnit with
fi lends In Maryland.
A Suitable Patt.
"That tew sodity tictnss seems to lo
quite at home In her art "
"It just ills bet It makes 1 er the plain
lllf In a divorce suit "
HAPPINESS VS, MISERY.
I)r Charcot a I'oulc Inhletx, tliegreut I'ur
lslan remedy, Is u giinrunteeil cure for I ho
Drink Habit; also neivousiicsa and inoliiu
clioly caused by o tr-liidiilgence.
It l)Mtroy the Appetitj lor Alcoholic and
all Intotlcutlng lieverugei, und leaves man
us he Ntiould bo. It can be administered
without the knowledge oftha patient wheio
neces-iary. Wend for pumpliluU
W'm. 0. Clark, 326 Pean Avc.bcrunto.n, Pa,
THE PEOPLE MYSTIFIED.
And Hie Crowding: in -Every Dollar
Saved is Being Appreciated by the
Public.
Tile ttowds aie still going to this
gieal sale Only ten days mole, but
the stoi k Is still huge. Head eveiy
item of this and then tome tiult kly
as pi Ices aie subject to diunge P.veiy
thing mentioned in this adveitlsement
Is now waiting for you. so don t ddav
Chlldien's coiilmoy pants, woitll
SI -". for 4sc, sizes fiom I to 1.1 ye.ns
Fifty pel nnt less than actual 1 est
.",000 men's badness suits, woith !-' at
$4 L'3, S.UOU elegant fall oveicoats, $iJ US
voitll $ls. men's Scolcli cheviot sui k
suits, xr. 7", woith SIC Ml tlilee button
cutaway tliess suits, $7 j,, wmtli $l'n,
all wool pants, $1 ss, woith $1 ,"i), uobbv
youths' suits, 1 1 ; 1, woiih $1.', Don l
be inHIed bj signs and banneis other
ineiehanls may displav to tlecelve th
publli Be sine you tile at the ciedi
toi.(" sale 124 Penu avenue a few doois
fiom St t'hailes hotel Si itinton Pi
Dining this .ale tin sloie wi.l b( open
until '.' p 111 Satuiday until 11 p m
McMUNN'S
ELIXIR OF OPIUM
I .b a piLfjinllon of I lit- Drutc by which Its
' injurious trtectii are lemnved while the
I val'iable nitdlcmal pioperths are ie
talncil It possesses all the sedutlve,
anoduo ami nntl spubmodlc powers of
1 Opium but produces no sickness ot the
stomucii no vomiting no rosuw nes no
hecdudie In acute nervous dlsmders It
In an Invcluuble lemedy, and la recom
mended by the best phlcians
FERRETT, Agont,
-i Pearl M., New otW
Hot House Cucumbers,
Hot House Tomatoes,
Green Beans, Lettuce,
Cauliflower, Egg Plant, Salsify,
Strictly Fresh Eggs,
Creamery Butter,
Grapes, Oranges and Fruits
Pierce's Market
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New York Announcement.
Horner's Furniture.
Reasons why you should buy it
in preference to any other.
(1). Because it is tho boat rurnituro
thutoan bo produced, both in medium
and Quest grades; 2i. 15ocauso our
assortmonts tiro unequallod; i3i.
Booause our pricos tiro tho lowest at
which goods ot standard quality onu
bo sold.
Novel ties for theHolidays.
TheBo contptiso thousands of tir
tiolos. from the Inexpensive Rookoi,
"Easy Chair or Writing Desk, to tho
most oxquislto Dtossing raoio or
Cabinet. Those desirous of selecting
useful, unuiboino and over vvoloomo
Hol!dy Olfts, will llnd nmplocholoo
in our vast stock, and at all prices,
plainly marked.
R.J.Horner & Co.,
Furaltui Mkci nml Imporlrr
(51-05 W. 2'.U St., Xcav York
Atllolulnc I'tleii tluice,
Horns V Co 's entahlislimont isoue of the
sights of New YolV. Newspaper Comment.
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Lager
Brewery
Manufacturers of
OLD STOCK
PILSNER
435ifl455HNiiiiiSi.. seramon. Po.
telephone Call, 3333.
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At Retail.
Coal of tho best quality for domestlo.ui
nml of all sizes. Including IJuckwhcat and
HlrdBcye. delivered In uny part ot thu
city, at the lowest price,
Oi tiers recolved at tho olllco, first lloor.
Commonwealth building, room No 6;
telephone No SCSI or at tho mine, tele
phone No 772. will be promptly attended
to Ueulers supplied at the mine.
4s!5
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W. T. SA1ITH.